Burial-casket.



UNITED A STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE GooDEIcH, or maan, ARKANSAS.

Y BURIAL-GASKET.

vention, such as will enable'others skilled in' the' art to which itap'pfertains to make and usethesame.- l

This ,invention has special reference to f burial casketsrand .the essential object of the invention. is'evolved in the provision of l5 a com osition casket rendered impervious or resisti le 'to the action. of moisture and water' whereby the life Athereof is' lengthened andleakage and .deca prevented.4 zo, -Another object of Vt ejinvention is to conerably of soft wood covered with wire and havin "an inside of Vfelt while cementis haA cned around the wire to. throu h the same and cause-adherence o the felt, t eV frame' bein constructed to 't the' exansion 4an contraction whichmay occur uring hot or cold weather. l'

' ith these and other ob'ects in view, the invention residesmoreparticularly in the arts as will be ,part-ly illustratedas a preerred embodiment Vin the accompanying drawin s and-described in the specication, valthou the invention is" protected for all desirable changes and uses within the scope of the invention as claimed.

Figure 1v is a side elevation with the iinproved casket.` Fig. 2 isan end elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a pers ective `view of the casket with a portionvof t e cement covering removed as well `as the cover. Fig. 4 is a perspective 4view of the device before the i11- terior lining and cement covering are aplied.A Fig. 5 is a detail view of the cover. ig. 6 is a cross sectional view of the casket in i'nishedcondition before decorating.

" As :'lllu'strated, the improved casket ein-.

f'liodies referably a slatted frame 10 dpreferably ormed of sections of soft woo and having transverse bottom slats 11 and vertical side and end slats'12. These slats are. connected to a-bottom frame 13 and to a top frame 14, the latter frame having a closure .seat or a rabbeted portion 15. ,This frame is covered *with wire mesh 1'6 which is elec- Specification of Letters Patenti.'

Application le October 16, 1912. Serial No. 726,180.' v

,structfa casketconsisting of a frame pref -for fifteen (15) or twent peculiar 4combination and arrangements of.

ythe up er ends o PatentedFeb. 2:5, 1913.

tric welded wire and secured to the frame in any desirable manner. A lining of cloth or heavy cotton or wool felt 17 is secured to the surrounding inner sides of the frame and 1s provided with4 a plurality of rows of se- 60 curing means 18 preferably lon 'tudinally arranged to engage the slats an cause the lining Ato tightly adhere thereto and resist water and moisture. After this lining-is se cured in position, the wire covered frame is coated'with plaster indicated by the numeral 19, consisting preferably o f sand and Portland cement,'the same bein pushed directly through the screen wire an close up against and in contact with the felt lining so as to fit closely around the small wood slats and in conjunction with the lining, to cause tight adherence thereto.y After the same becomes dry, the coiiin or casket is placed-'in water (20) days so that the same becomes as har as flintand serves absolutely to prevent any leakage'or decay. When this is done, the casket is removed and may be decorated inside and out in any suitable manner.

The lid is indicated .by the numeral 20 and consists of a cement covering 21 overv a frame 2:2,tl1e lid being made slightly smaller I vsay Vfrom i to 13 of an inch, than its seat so that there will beroom for the cementwhen the coilinor casket is nally closed. Thel handles 23 and 24 are made integral with the lid and sides of the casket, being molded ofl cement whereby after the lid is cemented on, the lifts and handles are made a part of the colin or casket Vand there is no possible chance for a leak ,of either air or water'. The, utilityI of the. frame, preferably of wood slats, is to allow for all expansion and' contraction thatmay ever occur during hot. or cold weather and the body of the coin or casket will never leak for the want of a chance to expand or contract.

I claim: A burial casket comprising a substantially rectangular frame,l transverse parallel slats connected at their ends to the inner faces of the longitudinal members of theframe, vertical parallel slats secured at their lower ends to the outer4 faces of the entire frame', a substantially rectangular frame of slightly larger dimensions than` the aforementioned rectan ular frame placed upon the slats, the inner and outer aces of the last named rectangularlll vframe extending beyond the inner and outer cover fitted in a seat inthe upper rectangu-` 1m faces of the vertical slats, a lining covering lar frame. n l if' Vthe inner faces of the. open structure'thus- 5 Inftestirnony whereof, I aixmy signa n -forn'iedya wir; sc'reening covering1v the en? ture, injtlie presence of two Witnesses.

5 `tire exterior o Sai structure. an cement embedded :throughQthe 'Wire mesh between i GEORGE GOODRICH' all the parallel slats and adhering to ,the A Vitnesses: lining, the cementfalsovcovering vthe wire G. B. HoPPs, screening, and a similarly constructed Hat- VIRA HOPE HoPPs. 

